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63.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Tytherleigh is over 63.8, older than 99% of UK towns

Set against 21% across England’s towns, just over nine in ten households live in a detached house in Tytherleigh. Fewer households in flats than in 98% of UK towns: 1.7%. The village counted 248 residents and 122 households at the 2021 Census. Households with dependent children: 9.8% of the total.

48%aged 65 or over 3.6%born abroad 122households

Ages

48% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

TytherleighEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

More residents are 75–79 than any other five-year age: 14% of residents, 4 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 4.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Budleigh Salterton, the oldest of Devon’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 157.1%

15 to 244.8%

25 to 4412%

45 to 6428%

65 and over48%

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Tytherleigh

England

WomenMen

About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.6%

What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.

Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over

Full-time students2.6%

Higher managerial and professional18%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate9.8%

Small employers and self-employed27%

Supervisory and technical4.3%

Semi-routine6%

Routine4.3%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.1%

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Tytherleigh

6.5%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Tytherleigh households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 89% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 9.8%Couples and families, no young children 57%Shared houses and other 3.3%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Tytherleigh

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people47%

3 people13%

4 people7.7%

5 or more3.4%

England’s towns.

Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Tytherleigh has 3.3%. Locally, 30% of households are one person living alone.

Homes & cars

A lower share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns, at 0.9%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Tytherleigh

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.9%

One41%

Two29%

Three or more24%

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

5.9% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%).

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns

Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.

Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%

Tytherleigh

3.6%

Devon’s towns

7.9%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0%

Another main language, little or no English0%

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2%) and in Africa (1.2%). Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 83% of UK towns: 3.6% of residents were born outside the UK.

Ethnicity & religion

Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 95% of UK towns

How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.

Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.2%

Asian0.8%

Mixed1.2%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Tytherleigh · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion37%

Christian56%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer6.8%

0%35%70%

Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 56%.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married: 20%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership20%

Married or civil partnership61%

Separated2.2%

Divorced5.6%

Widowed12%

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

17residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.1%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.3%

20 to 49 hours0.4%

50 hours or more3.3%

Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 7.1% of residents give unpaid care in Tytherleigh. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Married adults and civil partners account for 61%.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications14%

Apprenticeship9.5%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level37%

TytherleighDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Tytherleigh, 37%, and 14% have none, against 18%.

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Tytherleigh

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

TatworthAxminsterChardUplymeCharmouthLyme RegisIlminsterTytherleigh

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Tytherleigh	248	—	63.8	48%	9.8%
Tatworth	2,287	1.6 mi	52.3	31%	22%
Axminster	6,094	3 mi	46.8	27%	24%
Chard	14,287	3.5 mi	44.5	24%	26%
Uplyme	1,053	6.3 mi	54	29%	25%
Charmouth	1,337	6.8 mi	61.8	46%	16%
Lyme Regis	3,741	6.9 mi	59.9	40%	16%
Ilminster	5,961	7.3 mi	48.3	29%	23%

More about Tytherleigh’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Devon’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Devon (or England), summed the same way as Tytherleigh’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.

Questions about Tytherleigh’s residents

What is the population of Tytherleigh?

The 2021 Census counted 248 people in Tytherleigh’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Tytherleigh?

The median age was 63.8 at the 2021 Census. 4.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 48% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Tytherleigh?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Tytherleigh?

37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.

Is Tytherleigh good for families?

9.8% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tytherleigh’s schools page.

Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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